CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION -J 



MEMBERSHIP GROWING. 



We are pleased to be able to report that the membership of the association main- 

 tains a steady growth as shown by the following comparative statement: 



1903. 1904. 



Nova Scotia 10 14 



New Brunswick 10 .14 



Prince Edward Island 1 1 



Quebec f54 98 ' 



Ontario 128 134 



Manitoba 78 80 



Assiniboia 15 23 



Saskatchewan 4 3 



Alberta f&l 60 



British Columbia 17 25 



United States 17 24 



England 3 2 



Germany 1 1 



Total. . . 400 479 



Life members 9 33 



(tAn error occurred in printing the number of members in Alberta and Quebec, 

 respectively, in the report for 1903.) 



The receipts for last year were $1,117.96, and the expenditure $395.80, leaving a 

 balance on December 31 last of $722.16. The account for subscriptions to Rod and 

 Gun for 1903, about $200, which is one of the liabilities for the year, was not received 

 in time to be paid before the books were closed, and the balance is, therefore, less 

 favourable by this amount. The receipts were largely augmented by a grant of $300 

 from the Government of the province of Ontario, and of $200 from the Government 

 of the province of British Columbia, and more recently of $200 from the Government 

 of the province of Quebec, for which kind assistance your board has taken the op- 

 portunity of returning the grateful thanks of the association. 



RE OFFICIAL ORGAN. 



Your board have given careful consideration to the policy to be adopted in re- 

 gard to the official organ of the Association which matter was left in their hands by 

 the Association at the last annual meeting. *With the object of ascertaining the 

 opinions of the members of the Association on the question, a slip of paper was sent 

 out with the circular calling this meeting, requesting replies to the following ques- 

 tions : 



1. Do you favour a continuance of the present arrangements with Rod and Gun ? 



2. Would you prefer that the Association should issue a paper specially devoted to 

 its interests? 



3. If so, would a paper issued quarterly be sufficient? 



The number of replies received was 62, of which 23 replied in the affirmative to 

 the first question, eight to the second, and 31 to the third. The replies came from all 

 parts of Canada, and probably fairly represent the opinions of the members of the 

 Association generally. It would appear that a large percentage of the membership of 

 the Association would prefer to continue the present arrangement, although the 

 larger proportion consider that a change would be advisable. If the financial sup- 

 port to the Association from the governments of the provinces is continued and be- 

 comes more general, its financial condition may warrant undertaking the publication 

 of a forestry paper, but the scientific study of forestry is not yet far advanced in 



